Hale Nursery & Primary Academy

Primary Ages 2-11 242 pupils Farnham
Ofsted: Good
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Hale Nursery & Primary Academy is an academy converter in Farnham for pupils aged 2 to 11. It has 242 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Hale Nursery & Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2017 of its predecessor, Hale School. In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has plenty of spare room: 48% of its places were unfilled in 2024/25, more than at most primary schools.

Ofsted inspection: May 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Upper Hale
Farnham
Surrey
GU9 0LR
Phone 01252716729
Reference Number 146975

General Makeup

Number of pupils 242
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.59%
Girls: 50.41%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 40.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 23.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.1
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 26.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 22

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 11 11 22
2 13 17 30
3 16 11 27
4 15 12 27
5 16 27 43
6 20 20 40

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 66.9%
White, Other 10.3%
African 4.1%
Unclassified 3.7%
Mixed, Other 2.9%
Pakistani 2.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.7%
Caribbean 1.2%
Asian, Other 1.2%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Chinese 0.4%
White & Asian 0.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Hale School, inspected in June 2017.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 19 Mar 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
19 Mar 2024 School inspection
04 Oct 2019 Academy conversion letter
27 Jun 2017 Full inspection:
Previously as Hale School
20 May 2015 Full inspection:
19 Sep 2013 Monitoring visit
05 Jun 2013 Full inspection:
16 Feb 2011 Full inspection:
30 Jun 2008 Full inspection:
07 Jun 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 51%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 2%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 103

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.8
Writing 2.8
Maths 0.2

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 6 1
Third Preference 9 1
From another Local Authority 1 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Hale Nursery & Primary Academy had 224 pupils for 428 places. 204 places (47.7%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Hale & Weybourne Primary” planning area

Surrey counted 120 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 136 in 2029–30, up 13%.

20212022202320242025
Places 428428428428428
Pupils 308313307260224
Unfilled 28.0%26.9%28.3%39.3%47.7%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hale Nursery & Primary Academy attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.1%6.1%4.4%4.1%4.1%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%1.1%1.5%2.4%2.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.7%0.7%0.3%0.8%1.8%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Hale Nursery & Primary Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.00.91.210.01.6
Permanent exclusions 000000

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hale Nursery & Primary Academy had 16.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.411.19.410.48.68.08.2
Teachers who left state teaching 10.6%15.1%16.2%0.0%26.6%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –76.2%70.6%73.7%72.2%53.3%–
Sick days per teacher –6.56.83.03.92.3–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.2% of pupils at Hale Nursery & Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 16 8
Speech, language and communication needs 13 6
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 5
Moderate learning difficulty 7 1
Specific learning difficulty 6 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
No specialist assessment of need 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hale Nursery & Primary Academy received £8,197 and spent £8,508 for each of its 246 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £87,000 (£355 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of The Kite Academy Trust, income was £7,546 and spending £7,640 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £138,000£169,000£199,000£93,000£87,000
per pupil £422£546£624£337£355
In-year balance £33,000£279,000-£93,000-£80,000-£77,000
per pupil £99£900-£291-£290-£312

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Farnham · Surrey local authority: places and applications

Hale Nursery & Primary Academy is part of The Kite Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

What is Hale Nursery & Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hale Nursery & Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2017 of its predecessor, Hale School.

When was Hale Nursery & Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Hale Nursery & Primary Academy was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Hale Nursery & Primary Academy have?

Hale Nursery & Primary Academy has 242 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hale Nursery & Primary Academy cover?

Hale Nursery & Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Hale Nursery & Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hale Nursery & Primary Academy?

Hale Nursery & Primary Academy is at Upper Hale, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 0LR.

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